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The greater #celandine #Chelidonium #majus (#Papaveraceae) is native to Eurasia and is sometimes treated as a weed. However, it possesses significant #pharmaceutical properties due to the #alkaloids it contains, making it of interest for basic research. Consequently, T.E. Samatadze et al. (2020) have #characterized it #agromorphologically, #microanatomically, and molecular-#cytogenetically.
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The greater #celandine #Chelidonium #majus (#Papaveraceae) is native to Eurasia and is sometimes treated as a weed. However, it possesses significant #pharmaceutical properties due to the #alkaloids it contains, making it of interest for basic research. Consequently, T.E. Samatadze et al. (2020) have #characterized it #agromorphologically, #microanatomically, and molecular-#cytogenetically.
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Cannacare_au is an independent informational profile focused on medicinal botany, fungal compounds, and psychoactive plant research.

Content shared here is intended for educational discussion, ethnobotanical reference, and harm-reduction awareness.

No medical advice is provided.

#Phytochemistry #NaturalCompounds #Mycology #PsychedelicScience #Alkaloids #Research #MedicinalPlants

Cannacare_au is an independent informational profile focused on medicinal botany, fungal compounds, and psychoactive plant research.

Content shared here is intended for educational discussion, ethnobotanical reference, and harm-reduction awareness.

No medical advice is provided.

#Phytochemistry #NaturalCompounds #Mycology #PsychedelicScience #Alkaloids #Research #MedicinalPlants

How poison #frogs built a chemical weapons system one step at a time https://phys.org/news/2026-04-poison-frogs-built-chemical-weapons.html

Experimental evidence supports gradual #evolution of alkaloid sequestration in poison frogs: Adriana Jeckel et al. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2067/20253144/480951/Experimental-evidence-supports-gradual-evolution

"toxins released by #PoisonFrogs, #alkaloids, are derived from their diet in the wild, consisting of specific #ants, #mites, #millipedes, & #beetles... the process developed gradually over time, with poison frogs slowly adapting to increasingly toxic diets"

If you are a #drug user and you are based in #Australia I highly recommend purchasing a reagent drug test kit for health and safety from this website, sometimes you never know what you might be purchasing off of someone and this should confirm all of your questions.

https://www.kayslab.com.au/

#drugs #drugtesting #ausgov #politas #humanrights #health #safety #drugtest #alkaloids #science #proscience #auspol #taspol #tasgov #fyi #psa #information

If you are a #drug user and you are based in #Australia I highly recommend purchasing a reagent drug test kit for health and safety from this website, sometimes you never know what you might be purchasing off of someone and this should confirm all of your questions.

https://www.kayslab.com.au/

#drugs #drugtesting #ausgov #politas #humanrights #health #safety #drugtest #alkaloids #science #proscience #auspol #taspol #tasgov #fyi #psa #information

#Plants make substances called #alkaloids to protect themselves, and humans have long taken advantage of these chemicals, using them in painkillers, treatments for disease and household products such as #caffeine and #nicotine
#Botany #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/bot01142601.html

#Plants make substances called #alkaloids to protect themselves, and humans have long taken advantage of these chemicals, using them in painkillers, treatments for disease and household products such as #caffeine and #nicotine
#Botany #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/bot01142601.html

3-Jun-2025
Two plant species invent the same chemically complex and medically interesting substance
The elucidation of the biosynthetic pathway of #ipecacuanha #alkaloids shows how two distantly related plant species could develop the same substance independently

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1085960 #science #plants #bioactives #biosynthesis #evolution #plantPhysiology

3-Jun-2025
Two plant species invent the same chemically complex and medically interesting substance
The elucidation of the biosynthetic pathway of #ipecacuanha #alkaloids shows how two distantly related plant species could develop the same substance independently

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1085960 #science #plants #bioactives #biosynthesis #evolution #plantPhysiology

Random story that I think about a lot: I was once in a coffee shop when a guy ordered 20 shots of espresso. Like in a single cup, not lots of small cups for a group of friends. Barista looked alarmed and asked the manager whether that was allowed. The manager came over, studied the man briefly, and said, "Sure." #coffee #caffeine #alkaloids #espresso

Random story that I think about a lot: I was once in a coffee shop when a guy ordered 20 shots of espresso. Like in a single cup, not lots of small cups for a group of friends. Barista looked alarmed and asked the manager whether that was allowed. The manager came over, studied the man briefly, and said, "Sure." #coffee #caffeine #alkaloids #espresso

#Leaf-dwelling #fungi enhance black #poplar chemical defenses and mediate multi-trophic #insect interactions.

#Cladosporium #predation #herbivore #alkaloids #stachydrine #metabolomics #microbiome

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-leaf-fungi-black-poplar-chemical.html

#Leaf-dwelling #fungi enhance black #poplar chemical defenses and mediate multi-trophic #insect interactions.

#Cladosporium #predation #herbivore #alkaloids #stachydrine #metabolomics #microbiome

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-leaf-fungi-black-poplar-chemical.html

'Genetic regulation and manipulation of #nicotine #biosynthesis in #tobacco: strategies to eliminate addictive #alkaloids' - Tsubasa Shoji, Takashi Hashimoto, Kazuki Saito https://bit.ly/48TacRw

This diagram shows the biosynthesis of nicotine and related alkaloids in tobacco. Putrescine N-methyltransferase (PMT) and N-methylputrescine oxidase (MPO) have been proposed to have evolved from spermidine synthase (SPDS) and diamine oxidase (DAO), respectively.

#Protein allows poison dart #frogs to accumulate toxins safely
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-protein-poison-dart-frogs-accumulate.html

Binding and sequestration of poison #frog alkaloids by a plasma globulin https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2177

"In humans, the liver can safely metabolize modest amounts of these compounds. Tiny #PoisonDartFrogs consume far more toxic #alkaloids in their diets, but instead of breaking the #toxins down, they accumulate them in their skin as a defense mechanism against predators."

#Protein allows poison dart #frogs to accumulate toxins safely
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-protein-poison-dart-frogs-accumulate.html

Binding and sequestration of poison #frog alkaloids by a plasma globulin https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2177

"In humans, the liver can safely metabolize modest amounts of these compounds. Tiny #PoisonDartFrogs consume far more toxic #alkaloids in their diets, but instead of breaking the #toxins down, they accumulate them in their skin as a defense mechanism against predators."

Total synthesis of periglaucine C and other hasubanan alkaloids. The Shuanhu Gao Group from the East China Normal University (Shanghai) published in the journal Angewandte Chemie the synthesis of these natural products featuring an intramolecular Diels Alder reaction after photoenolization and a late stage Michael addition.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.202214873

#chemistry #totalsynthesis #alkaloids @chemistry

Total synthesis of periglaucine C and other hasubanan alkaloids. The Shuanhu Gao Group from the East China Normal University (Shanghai) published in the journal Angewandte Chemie the synthesis of these natural products featuring an intramolecular Diels Alder reaction after photoenolization and a late stage Michael addition.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.202214873

#chemistry #totalsynthesis #alkaloids @chemistry